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J. H. BAILEY. HORSE B'LANKET.

No. 585,306. Patented June 29,1897.

Nitrat raras JAMES l'I. DAILEY, OF BURLINGTON, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUR- LINGTON BLANKET COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSEBLANKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,306, dated June 29, 1897. Application filed April 19J 1897. Serial No. 632,801. (No Specimens.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES II. DAILEY, of Burlington, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Blankets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The main object of my invention is to utilize the material usually cut oif in iittin g horseblankets around the neck for making an eX- tension to cover and protect the neck.

It consists, essentially, of a blanket having a neck extension formed on each side of atriangular piece cut from the body of the blanket and a gore inserted between the body of the blanket and said triangular piece, and of certain novel details of construction hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same parts in both figures.

Figure l is a side view of the front portion of a horse-blanket embodying my improvement as applied to a horse, and Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the method of cutting the blanket and the gore for the neck extension.

A designates the body of the blanket, which is usually made of two pieces of material joined together in a seam along the back.

B is the neck extension, constituting a protector for the neck of the animal wearing the blanket. It is formed, as shown in Fig. 2, of triangular pieces O, each cut from the upper front body portion of each side of the blanket A on a line extending from the front edge of the blanket upwardly and rearwardly to or near the seamjoining the sides of the blanket, and of .gores D, inserted between the sides of the blanket and said triangular pieces, with their points extending upwardly. The triangular pieces O are usually removed and are practically waste material in tting or forming horse-blankets in the ordinary Way around the neck. The gores D are stitched at the edges to the edges of the triangular pieces C and the sides ofthe body A, and the seams, as well as the edges of the neck eX- tension, are preferably reinforced and iinished by bands d d, as shown in Fig. l. One of the gores D may be formed or provided at the larger end with a flap E to pass under the neck of the animal and fold or lap upwardly over the opposite side of the neckprotector, as seen in Fig. l. This extension is provided with buttons e e for fastening it to loops ff, attached to the opposite side of the neck extension. These loops may be secured to the neck extension by a reinforcingband g. Other forms of fastening, however, may be used. By separating the triangular pieces C from the sides of the blanket from which they are cut, as shown in Fig. 2, and inserting the gores D in the openings thus formed the neck extension is given an upward inclination from the body of the blanket and is made to conform to the shape and ordinary position of a horses neck. Scraps or waste material may be used for the gores D. In this way the blanket is provided with the neck extension at a slight cost over similar blankets made without such extension, the cost of the material for the extension being practically nothing and the additional labor slight. Furthermore, the blanket is greatly improved, affording much Vbetter protection to the animal Wearing it. The neck eXtensicn having an upward inclination from the body of the blanket, the weight of the blanket is borne upon the shoulders of the animal, exerts no pull or strain on the neck, and does not wear the mane.

The gores D may be made of lighter material than the body of the blanket to secure greater iiexibility, if desired.

I claim 1. A blanket having a neck extension formed of triangular pieces cut from the sides of the blanket, and gores inserted between the sides of the blanket and the triangular pieces out therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A blanket having a neck extension and protector formed of triangular pieces cut from the sides on lines extending from the front of the blanket obliquely upward and rearward, and triangular gores inserted with their IOO points upward between the sides of the blanket and the triangular pieces out therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5 3. A blanket having a neck extension and protector formed. of triangular pieces cut from the sides of the blanket, and gores inserted between the sides of the blanket and the triangular pieces cut therefrom, one of Io said gores having an extension or flap at its lower end adapted to lap under the neck and provided with fastenings for attachment to the opposite side of the protector, substantially as and for the purposes set fort-h.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as l 5 my own I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

. JAMES H. DAILEY.

Witnesses:

M. L. EMERY, CHAS. L. Goss. 

